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Eugene Callender

1926 – 2013

American Activist

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About Eugene Callender

Lived 1926 – 2013 (aged 87). Eugene Callender was an American.

Dr Eugene S. Callender (January 21, 1926 – November 2, 2013 ) was an American pastor and activist in the civil rights movement. In 1970, he began co-hosting, with Joan Harris, the series Positively Black, the first major Black show on NBC, featuring Black artists, writers, actors, musicians, sports figures and activists, as well as news about life and culture in the community.

Biography Eugene St. Clair Callender was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to parents who were immigrants from Barbados.

He studied at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and earned a B.A. degree from Boston University, before becoming the first African American to study at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree cum laude. He later studied at New York Law School. A past executive director of the New York Urban League and a former president of the New York Urban Coalition, he also served as deputy administrator of the New York City Housing and Development Administration. the hour-long WNBC‐TV (Channel 4) series Positively Black, which aired weekly, featuring Black artists, writers, actors, musicians, sports figures and activists, as well as news about life and culture in the community.

Callender died on November 2, 2013, at the age of 87.

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New York Law School, Boston University, Westminster Theological Seminary

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American Activist

When was Eugene Callender born?

Eugene Callender was born on 21 January 1926 in Cambridge.

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Eugene Callender died on 2 November 2013.

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Eugene Callender was American.

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